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Blood Interview with director Nick Murphy. Watch interview with Paul Bettany http://youtu.be/FdlfoRgSgxk Stephen Graham http://youtu.be/nKAPBczJO8M Zoe Tapper http://youtu.be/PbPp_wBuPZo & more Nick Murphy http://youtu.be/IHN2UF65TMc on the cast & TV series Rogue with Thandie Newton. BLOOD will be released at cinemas on May 31st, and on DVD on June 10. http://bit.ly/movie-interviews-tv - Watch more movie interviews! http://FlicksAndTheCity.com - Visit Flicks and the City! http://facebook.com/FlicksAndTheCity - Like Flicks and the City on Facebook! http://twitter.com/flickscity - Follow Flicks and the City on Twitter! Interviewer: Jan Gilbert http://twitter.com/jan_gilbert - Follow Jan on Twitter! http://JanGilbert.co.uk - Visit JanGilbert.co.uk! Directed by Nick Murphy ('Occupation', The Awakening) BLOOD is a psychological thriller about two brothers whose lives begin to collapse under the weight of their father's shadow. A contemporary Greek tragedy set around the investigation into the murder of a young girl, BLOOD is written by Bill Gallagher ('Conviction', 'Blackout') and stars Paul Bettany (Legion, The Da Vinci Code), Stephen Graham (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, This Is England), Brian Cox (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Red, The Bourne Supremacy) and Mark Strong (Kick Ass, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Green Lantern). Joe and Chrissie Fairburn (Paul Bettany and Stephen Graham) are both Police Detectives under pressure to live up to the reputation of their father, Lenny (Brian Cox), who for years ran the department and was a figurehead of the community. Once a bully to both his colleagues and sons, Lenny is now suffering from the early stages of dementia and is drifting from the brothers. Joe and Crissie's burning need to fill his shoes and do what they feel is expected of them, has terrible, unforeseen consequences. Soon they are investigating their own crime. But the fear of being caught by their friend and colleague Robert (Mark Strong) is nothing to the fractures this causes in the brothers' relationships and in their own minds. Chrissie, the younger brother, is consumed by his own conscience while Joe becomes delusional and terrified of what this might do to his beloved family; a family that his father raised him to protect at all costs. The film is produced by Neal Street Productions' Pippa Harris (Revolutionary Road, Jarhead), Red Production Company's Nicola Shindler ('Bedlam', 'Queer as Folk') and Nick Laws (Fish Tank). Executive producers are Neal Street Productions' Sam Mendes, Red Production Company's Andrew Critchley and Head of BBC Films, Christine Langan. Director - Nick Murphy Despite studying Performing Arts at university, Nick Murphy began his career in 1990 as a tape editor in documentaries and news & current affairs, primarily for the BBC. In 1995 he began directing television documentaries, becoming celebrated initially for his observational films. For Channel 4 and BBC he coved subjects such as paediatric medicine, the lives of orthodox Jewish women in London and the role of funerals in bereavement. The BAFTA nominated 'Edwardian Country House' in 2002 saw Nick's first collaboration with his long-time composer Daniel Pemberton. Specialist Factual projects followed - from brain science to the early history of figurative art - until in 2005 he was asked by the BBC to write and direct his first 'factual drama'; 'Chernobyl'. With this film, Nick chose to focus not on the mechanics of the nuclear catastrophe but on the tragic mental decline of the man charged with its investigation. Moreover he chose to cast British comedian Adrian Edmondson on the central role. It won widespread acclaim and having thought his drama days were long behind him, reminded Nick of where his heart really lay. After 'Chernobyl', writing and directing more factual dramas for the BBC followed: 'Nero' staring Michael Sheen as the delusional Roman emperor and 'Napoleon' staring another comedian, Rob Brydon, and Tom Burke as...